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Suffragan diocese Albacete, Spain

Diocese of Albacete

Albasiten(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, established on 2 November 1949 from territory of the Dioceses of Cartagena, Cuenca and Orihuela, and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toledo. Its seat is the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Albacete. Bishop Angel Roman Idigoras was appointed on 6 March 2025 and ordained on 3 May 2025.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Albacete, in Albacete, Spain.

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Established
1949
Catholics
389,740
Priests
127
Territory
14,926 km²

Parishes and churches

197 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Angel Roman Idigoras
Born
30 June 1968
Birthplace
Madrid

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Albacete stands in Albacete, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Albacete, a city in Spain, is the seat of a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Dioecesis Albasitensis), within the ecclesiastical province of Toledo.